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ROAD CART.

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ROAD CART.

No. 470,021. Patented Mar. 1,1892.

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NrTED STATES -PATENT OFFIC WILLIAM o. TRAVIS, or DEEIANOE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO PETER DICKMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

ROADI-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,021, dated March 1, 18 92.

Application filed August 5, 1891.

T at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM O. TRAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Road- Oart, of which the following is a'specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in road-carts in which an auxiliary spring is used upon both sides of road-carts to coun- IO teract the jolting motion which is imparted by the movements of the animal which impels it, and also the counteracting of jolts and jars occasion ed by obstacles and inequalities in the roads, which last-named improver5 ment is accomplished by hanging the box or body of the cart upon metal hangers which have a longitudinal swinging movement. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

2 which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is an end view. I

Similarletters refer to similarparts through out the several views.

e designates the body of my improved roadcart, and h h the shafts or thills, which extend rearwardly underneath the body and have their rear ends seated transversely upon the axle.

g 9 denote ordinary two-leaf springs, which are secured upon the rear end of the shafts h at points over the axle, suitable blocks 0, made of any suitable material,being inserted between the springs ga-nd the shaft h. These springs g are also secured to the horizontal spring-bars f, located on opposite sides of the body of the cart, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

a to denote C-shaped springs, which are connected at their ends to the spring-bars f at points in advance of the points where the springs g are connected, said barf and said C-springs at having their lower ends secured to the shafts h, substantially in the manner shown in the drawings.

b 1) denote horizontal transverse rods or hangers, which are held in the bearings or boxes '5 2' on the under side of the cart-body and which have their outer ends on each side of said body preferably curved upwardly and then provided with short horizontal pins or Serial N5. 401,807. (No model.)

journals that are supported in the bearings d d upon the spring-bars f near the opposite ends thereof. These metal hangers b b therefore pass entirely under and sustain and support the vehicle-body e. 5 5

From the foregoing description of the construction of the several parts of my improved road-cart the operation thereof will be evident. The springs g are auxiliary in their function to the C-springs a. When obsta- 6o cles or inequalities are metwith in the road,

a forward swinging motion is imparted to the box or body of the cart by reason of the fact that said body is supported by hangers connected loosely to the forward ends of the spring-bars in such a manner as to permit the body to have a rectilinear swing, and the springs a, being secured to the swing-bars and also to the shafts, permit said spring-bars to have a yielding actionin a forward direction, whereby all jolts and jars and the unpleasant horse motion commonly felt in vehicles of this class is effectually avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a road-card, the combination, with the vehicle-body, of the spring-bars, the leafsprings connected thereto and to the thills beneath, the C-springs connected at their upper-ends to the spring-bars and at their lower ends to the thills, and the supportinghangers arranged beneath the cart-body with. their outer ends journaled in bearings on the spring-bars, substantially as described. 8 5

2. In a road-cart, the combination, with the vehicle-body, of the spring-bars, the leafsprings connected thereto and to the thills beneath, the C-springs connected at their outer ends to the spring-bars and at their lower ends to the thills, and the transverse rods 1) I), having their outer ends carried in bearings d d on the spring-bars, substantially as described. 1

3. In a road-cart, the combination, with the vehicle-bod y, of the spring-bars supporting it, the leaf-springs connected thereto and to the thills beneath, the C-springs connected at their upper ends to the spring-bars and at their lower ends to the thills, together with I00 the rods 5 I), supported in bearings 2' on the" naied in the spring-bars, the C-springs a,and under side of the cart-bod y and having their the leaf-springs g, substantially as described. outer ends carried in bearings d on the springbars, substantially as described.

5 4. In a road-cart, the combination, with the Witnesses:

body, of the spring-bars f f, the transverse GEO. S. EDMONDSTONE, hangers b b, supporting the body and jour- IV. \VREDE.

WILLIAM C. TRAVIS. 

